Plankton community sampled during the Tara Europa expedition with a WP2 net (20µm) and analysed with a Flowcam.

Sampling event
Latest version published by EcoTaxa on Jul 10, 2026 EcoTaxa

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Description

The Tara EUROPA expedition (April 2023 – July 2024) sampled plankton – from microplankton (20 µm) to macroplankton (a few centimeters) along European coasts. Meso- and macroplankton were sampled using a 20 µm WP2 net yielding FCAM20 samples for Flowcam analysis. Images were acquired and processed at sea then identified at the Quantitative Imaging Platform of Villefranche (PIQv).

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 200 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
200
Occurrence 
37200
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
18929

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Vilain M, Bancel V, Jeabert L, Martins E, Bourhis A, Caray--Counil L, Zaccomer H, Bun O, Leblanc K, Marro S, Couet D, Guillam M, Picheral M, Jalabert L, Brandão M, Irisson J, Lombard F, The Tara Europa Consortium (2026). Plankton community sampled during the Tara Europa expedition with a WP2 net (20µm) and analysed with a Flowcam.. Version 1.1. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-europa-flowcam&v=1.1

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is EcoTaxa. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 35e16f1f-ca48-4e3b-aa53-1889a80429de.  EcoTaxa publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Plankton; Imaging; EcoTaxa; Samplingevent

Contacts

Marion Vilain
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Victoria Bancel
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Lisa Jeabert
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Emmanuelle Martins
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Anthéa Bourhis
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Louis Caray--Counil
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Hugo Zaccomer
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Olivier Bun
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Karine Leblanc
  • Originator
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanology (MIO)
FR
Sophie Marro
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Douglas Couet
  • Originator
Roscoff Biological Station (SBR)
FR
Morgane Guillam
  • Originator
Roscoff Biological Station (SBR)
FR
Marc Picheral
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Laetitia Jalabert
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Manoela Brandão
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Jean-Olivier Irisson
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Fabien Lombard
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
The Tara Europa Consortium

Geographic Coverage

See coordinates

Bounding Coordinates South West [35.978, -9.303], North East [60.397, 25.335]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Phylum Annelida, Bryozoa, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Cyanobacteria, Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Mollusca, Nematoda, Platyhelminthes, Porifera, Rotifera
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Acantharia, Appendicularia, Arachnida, Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae, Echinoidea, Hydrozoa, Oligotrichea, Ostracoda
Subclass Cirripedia, Coscinodiscophycidae
Superorder Bacillariophycanae, Fragilariophycanae
Order Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Hemiaulales, Melosirales, Nassellaria, Naviculales, Spumellaria, Thalassionematales, Thalassiosirales
Suborder Tintinnina
Family Asterolampraceae, Chaetocerotaceae, Corycaeidae, Fragilariaceae, Oithonidae, Oncaeidae, Oxytoxaceae, Phaeocystaceae, Pleurosigmataceae, Rhizosoleniaceae, Spongodiscidae, Undellidae, Xystonellidae, Zoothamniidae
Genus Acartia, Achnanthes, Amphibelone, Amphilonche, Amphisolenia, Amphorides, Amplectella, Aphanizomenon, Asterionella, Bacteriastrum, Bosmina, Calocalanus, Centropages, Cerataulina, Ceratocorys, Chaetoceros, Cladopyxis, Climacocylis, Codonaria, Codonella, Codonellopsis, Corethron, Cucumeridinium, Cymatosira, Cyttarocylis, Dadayiella, Diatoma, Dictyocha, Dictyocysta, Dinophysis, Diploconus, Ditylum, Entomoneis, Epiplocylis, Eucampia, Euterpina, Eutintinnus, Favella, Halosphaera, Hemiaulus, Hemidiscus, Keratella, Lauderia, Leprotintinnus, Leptocylindrus, Licmophora, Lioloma, Lithodesmium, Microsetella, Neocalyptrella, Neoceratium, Nitzschia, Nodularia, Octactis, Odontella, Ornithocercus, Ostreopsis, Parundella, Pediastrum, Penilia, Phalacroma, Podocystis, Podolampas, Podon, Poroecus, Proplectella, Prorocentrum, Protoperidinium, Pseudo-nitzschia, Pterosperma, Pyrophacus, Rhabdonella, Rhizosolenia, Salpingella, Scenedesmus, Steenstrupiella, Stephanopyxis, Striatella, Temora, Tiarina, Tintinnopsis, Tripos, Warnowia, Xystonella, Xystonellopsis
Species Asterionella formosa, Asterionella glacialis, Asterionella kariana, Bacillaria paxillifera, Ceratocorys horrida, Chaetoceros affinis, Chaetoceros dadayi, Chaetoceros debilis, Chaetoceros diversus, Chaetoceros peruvianus, Dinophysis caudata, Dinophysis tripos, Ebria tripartita, Guinardia flaccida, Haslea wawrikae, Helicotheca tamesis, Keratella quadrata, Lauderia mediterranea, Mediopyxis helysia, Meuniera membranacea, Neomoelleria cornuta, Octactis octonaria, Octactis speculum, Odontella mobiliensis, Ornithocercus magnificus, Podolampas bipes, Podolampas elegans, Pyrocystis fusiformis, Pyrocystis lunula, Rhizosolenia setigera, Scyphosphaera apsteinii, Tintinnopsis campanula, Tintinnopsis mortensenii, Tintinnopsis radix, Tripos candelabrum, Tripos contortus, Tripos declinatus, Tripos extensus, Tripos furca, Tripos fusus, Tripos hexacanthus, Tripos limulus, Tripos macroceros, Tripos massiliensis, Tripos paradoxides, Tripos pulchellus, Tripos ranipes, Tripos symmetricus

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2023-03-30 / 2024-08-21

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Maintenance Description periodic review of origin data
Alternative Identifiers 35e16f1f-ca48-4e3b-aa53-1889a80429de
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